…Busts Akuskura factory supplying Cameroon, Chad, Niger Republic in Adamawa
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted and seized 900 grams of Canadian Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis, hidden inside walls of a travelling bag containing food items, for export to Kenya.
In a statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Femi Babafemi the seizure was made on Saturday April 29, 2023 by NDLEA officials at the SAHCO export shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos when a freight agent, Mordi Chukwuemeka presented a bag which was later discovered to contain the illicit substance.
Mordi had presented the bag which he claimed contained food items for export. However, in the course of searching the consignment, NDLEA operatives noticed that the side walls of the bag were unevenly bloated, this led to the dismantling of the false packings and recovered the illicit substance.
Similarly, 126 parcels of Loud, weighing 63 kilograms concealed in a used Toyota Corolla car imported from Toronto, Canada at the Tincan Port in Lagos.
Also, the previous day, Friday April 28, NDLEA operatives at the Tincan Port intercepted 126 parcels of Canadian Loud, weighing 63 kilograms. The illicit substance was concealed in bags in the booth of one of the five used Toyota Corolla cars imported from Toronto, Canada.
The five used vehicles were discovered in a container marked, TLLU4840762 coming from Toronto via Montreal, during a joint examination with other stakeholders at the sea port.
In another development men of the Agency’s Directorate of Operations and Investigation, DOGI, attached to courier firms also on Thursday April 27 intercepted 1.53kg skunk concealed in old hard drives meant for export to Dubai, United Arab Emirate.
In Benue, operatives recovered 859 bottles of Codeine based Syrup weighing 117.3kg abandoned by a suspected dealer about two kilometers away from NDLEA check point along Enugu – Otukpo road on Wednesday April 26 while two suspects: Kabiru Muhammed, 35, and Isah Muhammed, 28, were arrested with 20 blocks of cannabis weighing 11.2kg concealed in a bag of cassava flakes (garri) along Zaria-Kano road, Kano on Friday April 28
No fewer than seven bags of cannabis with a gross weight of 74.5kg were recovered when operatives raided an uncompleted building located in a bush in Ala town, Akure area of Ondo State just as 60kg of the same substance concealed among footwears in two jumbo sacks was recovered from one Aminu Mohammed along Ibadan – Oyo Road, Oyo State while waiting to board a vehicle to Kebbi State.
In Adamawa state, NDLEA operatives on Saturday April 29 raided a clandestine factory in Mubi, where a new psychoactive substance, Akuskura, was being produced in large quantity
and distributed to Chad, Cameroon and Niger Republic. At the time of the raid, production activities were ongoing in the premises.
Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has commended the officers and men of MMIA, Tincan, DOGI, Kano, Ondo, Oyo, Benue and Adamawa Commands of the Agency for their vigilance and professionalism in the discharge of their responsibilities. He charged them and their colleagues across the country not to rest on their oars.
